OGILVY ENGLISH

PUB QUIZ 2014

CHRISTMAS EDITION

The Rules8 rounds

10 Questions each round

Our answer is the only answer (argue and have points deducted)

Each team must nominate in advance one double points round

No Cheating! (FINE: Disqualification)

8 Rounds

1. Know your clients

2. Sport

3. Geography

4. Popular culture

5. Science & Nature

6. True or False

7. Local Knowledge

8. Picture round

Round 1

Know

Your

Clients

Know Your Clients

1. In which country was the

original Carling brewery from

which Carling Black Label gets its name?

Know Your Clients

2. In Nigeria it was called the Danfo, in

Portugal it was known as Pão-de-Forma (or

the Breadloaf), in Denmark it was referred to

as the Rugbrød (Rye bread) – what do we know it as?

Know Your Clients

3. Which of our brands carries the name of

the second richest African person in the world?

Know Your Clients

4. In which country was Stimorol created?

Know Your Clients

5. Which client of ours owns these brands -N’Gola, Zorok, Pure Blonde & Poker?

Know Your Clients

6. Which client of ours owns these brands -

Jockey Club (Argentina) Hollywood (Brazil), Wills (India), Sweet Afton (Ireland)?

Know Your Clients

7. Which of our current global clients in the

1960’s was one of the world’s leaders in diabetes medicines?

8. Which car brand which we work on got its

name from the Latin translation of its founder’s surname of Horch?

Know Your Clients

Know Your Clients

9. Which beer brand gets its name from

Exocoetidae in the order Beloniformes of class Actinopterygii?

Know Your Clients

10. Which of our PR brands is a common name for

smooth-barked trees and shrubs in three closely related

genera of Eucalypt?

ANSWERS

ANSWERS1. In which country was the original Carling brewery from which Carling Black Label

gets its name? Canada

2. In Nigeria it was called the Danfo, in Portugal was known as Pão-de-Forma (or the

Breadloaf), in Denmark it was referred to as the Rugbrød (Rye bread) – what do we

know it as? The Kombi or the VW Bus

3. Which of our brands carries the name of the second richest African person in the

world? Allan Gray

4. In which country was Stimorol created? Denmark

5. Which client of ours owns these brands - N’Gola, Zorok, Pure Blonde & Poker?

SABMiller

ANSWERS6. Which client of ours owns these brands - Jockey Club (Argentina) Hollywood (Brazil),

Wills (India), Sweet Afton (Ireland)? BAT

7. Which of our current global clients in the 1960’s was one of the world’s leaders in

diabetes medicines? Revlon

8. Which car brand which we work on got its name from the Latin translation of its

founder’s surname of Horch? Audi (August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in

German, becomes "audi" in Latin).

9. Which beer brand gets its name from Exocoetidae in the order Beloniformes of class

Actinopterygii? Flying Fish

10. Which of our PR brands is a common name for smooth-barked trees and shrubs in

three closely related genera of Eucalypt? Gumtree

Round 2

SPORT

SPORT

1. What number was on Lewis Hamilton’s 2014 F1 championship winning car?

SPORT

2. Who holds the football world record for the largest transfer fee?

SPORT3. Which cricket ground in 1999 hosted this infamous moment in SA sporting history?

SPORT

4. Name this famous Swedish golfer?

SPORT

5. Which city is the next Summer Olympic Games going to be in?

SPORT6. From which sport does the High Five

originate from?

SPORT7. What year?

SPORT

8. What is the only

sport that has been played on the moon?

SPORT

9. The world’s first TV ad aired in the USA in 1941 before what American sport?

SPORT

10. Who is this

ANSWERS

ANSWERS1. What number was on Lewis Hamilton’s 2014 F1 championship winning car? 44

2. Who holds the football world record for the largest transfer fee? Gareth Bale

3. Which cricket ground in 1999 hosted this infamous moment in SA sporting history?

Edgbaston

4. Name this famous Swedish Golfer? Henrik Stenson

5. Which city is the next Summer Olympic Games going to be in? Rio

6. From which sport does the High Five originate from? Baseball

7. What year? 1996

8. What is the only sport that has been played on the moon? Golf

9. The world’s first TV ad aired in the USA in 1941 before what American sport?

Baseball

10.Who is this? Shakes Mashaba

Round 3

GEOGRAPHY

GEOGRAPHY

1. Apart from water, what runs through the

mouth of the River Amazon and Lake Victoria?

GEOGRAPHY

2. In which country is Timbuktu?

a) Peru b) Tunisia c) Mali

GEOGRAPHY

3. If your geographical position was 0°

latitude, 0° longitude, where in the world would you be?

GEOGRAPHY

4. What is the name of the tallest

uninterrupted waterfall in the world?

a) Niagara Falls b) Angel Falls

c) Victoria Falls

GEOGRAPHY

5. Which Italian city is this?

GEOGRAPHY6. The light of distant stars is affected by?

a) The Earth’s atmosphere

b) Interstellar dust

c) Both a & b

d) None of the above

GEOGRAPHY

7. In which country is the Bay of Pigs?

GEOGRAPHY8. In which country are women more likely

to get promotion to the boardroom in big

companies?

a) Britain

b) USA

c) Ecuador

GEOGRAPHY

9. Where are most Heinz baked beans

consumed in the whole world?

a) USA

b) UK

c) Germany

GEOGRAPHY

10. Which is the only continent without a

true desert?

ANSWERS

ANSWERS1. Apart from water, what runs through the mouth of the River Amazon and Lake

Victoria? The Equator

2. In which country is Timbuktu? Mali

3. If your geographical position was 0° latitude, 0° longitude, where in the world would

you be? Atlantic Ocean

4. What is the name of the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world? Angel Falls

5. Which Italian city is this? Naples

6. The light of distant stars is affected by? C – Both A & B

7. In which country is the Bay of Pigs? Cuba

8. In which country are women more likely to get promotion to the boardroom in big

companies? Britain

9. Where are most Heinz baked beans consumed in the whole world? UK

10.Which is the only continent without a true desert? Europe

Round 4

POPULAR CULTURE

POPULAR CULTURE

1. What was the name of John Lennon's

album that was released one month before his death?

POPULAR CULTURE

2. “Start spreading the news, I’m leaving

today” are the opening lines of which song and artist?

POPULAR CULTURE

3.Who is this SA

rapper?

POPULAR CULTURE

4. From which musical does the song Memory come?

POPULAR CULTURE5. Which recording artist was arrested and

taken to jail after being kicked out of rehab

for refusing to take a drug test in March of

2014?

a) Lil Wayne b) Chris Brown

c) Justin Bieber d) Britney Spears

POPULAR CULTURE6. Which singer has just been selected to

headline at the 2015 Superbowl half time show?

POPULAR CULTURE

7. What was Disney’s first full-length, animated film?

POPULAR CULTURE8. Name the actress below who is being judged about her recent transformation.

POPULAR CULTURE

9. What is Kim

Kardashian eating on

the front cover of the

Jan 2015 Elle UK magazine?

POPULAR CULTURE10. As of April 2014, what is the highest

grossing movie in 2014?

a) The Lego Movie

b) Captain America – The Winter Soldier

c) 300 – Rise of an Empire

d) Noah

ANSWERS

ANSWERS1. What was the name of John Lennon's album that was released one month before his

death? Double Fantasy

2. “Start spreading the news, I’m leaving today” are the opening lines of which song and

artist? New York New York, Frank Sinatra

3. Who is this? K.O.

4. From which musical does the song Memory come? Cats

5. Which recording artist was arrested and taken to jail after being kicked out of rehab for

refusing to take a drug test in March of 2014? A) Chris Brown

6. Which singer has just been selected to headline at the 2015 Superbowl half time

show? Katy Perry

7. What was Disney’s first full-length, animated film? Snow White

8. Name the actress being judged for her recent transformation. Renee Zellweger

9. What is Kim Kardashian eating on the front cover of the Jan 2015 Elle UK magazine?

A cupcake

10. As of April 2014, what is the highest grossing movie in 2014? A) Captain America -

The Winter Soldier

Round 5

SCIENCE & NATURE

SCIENCE & NATURE

1. Roughly how many stars are in the Milky

Way galaxy?

A) 100 Billion

B) 100 Trillion

C) 200 Trillion

SCIENCE & NATURE2. How long does it take for the sun’s rays to

travel from the sun to earth?

A) 8Hours

B) 8daysC) 8 minutes

SCIENCE & NATURE

3. Name the only fruit that grows its seeds on the outside?

SCIENCE & NATURE

4. What is the largest living structure on earth?

SCIENCE & NATURE

5. What contains more sugar?

A)Lemons

B)Strawberries

SCIENCE & NATURE6. What is the length of

the longest recorded

Chicken flight?

A) 7 seconds

B) 13 seconds

C) 8 seconds

SCIENCE & NATURE

7. Name the only mammal that can’t jump ?

SCIENCE & NATURE

8. What animal has been responsible for the highest number of deaths in Africa?

SCIENCE & NATURE

9. What colour does lobster

blood turn when exposed to oxygen?

SCIENCE & NATURE

10. What is the maximum number of times you can fold a piece of paper?

ANSWERS

ANSWERS

1. Roughly how many stars are in the milky way : A) 100billion

2. How long does it take for the sun’s rays to travel from the sun to earth? C.8 minutes

3. Name the only fruit that grows its seeds on the outside? Strawberries

4. What is the largest living structure on earth? Great Barrier Reef

5. What contains more sugar? A) Lemons

6. What is the length of the longest recorded Chicken flight? B)13 Seconds

7. Name the only mammal that can’t jump? Elephant

8. What animal has been responsible for the highest number of deaths in Africa?

Hippopotamus

9. What colour does lobster blood turn when exposed to oxygen? Blue

10.What is the maximum number of times you can fold a piece of paper? 7

Round 6

True or false

True or false1. The bladder of a fully grown African male

elephant can hold more fluid than the standard petrol tank of a VW beetle?

True or false

2. In Las Vegas there is one gambling machine for every adult resident of the city.

True or false

3. The DNA of a

common variety of the

tomato is more

complex than the DNA of a human being.

True or false

4. The official ball sponsor Slazenger

supplies the Wimbledon tournament with

54,000 specially branded tennis balls each year.

True or false

5. In some parts of Albania nodding your

head means no and shaking your head means yes.

True or false

6. There are an estimated one hundred

thousand ants on earth for every human being.

True or false

7. There is a category and a

record holder in the latest

Guinness Book of World

records for the most

basketballs slam dunked by a parrot in a minute.

True or false

8. In the building of the

Great Wall of China an

officially estimated 4.5 billion bricks were used.

True or false

9. Fleas can jump up to

200 times their height -the

equivalent to a man

jumping to the top of the Empire State Building.

True or false

10. The cigarette lighter was invented before the safety match.

ANSWERS

ANSWERS

1. The bladder of a fully grown African male elephant can hold more fluid than the

standard petrol tank of a VW beetle. FALSE

2. In Las Vegas there is one gambling machine for every adult resident of the city.

FALSE

3. The DNA of a common variety of the tomato is more complex than the DNA of a

human being. TRUE

4. The official ball sponsor Slazenger supplies the Wimbledon tournament with 54,000

specially branded tennis balls each year. TRUE

5. In some parts of Albania nodding your head means no and shaking your head

means yes. TRUE

ANSWERS

6. There are an estimated one hundred thousand ants on earth for every human

being. FALSE

7. There is a category and a record holder in the latest Guinness Book of World

records for the most basketballs slam dunked by a parrot in a minute. TRUE

8. In the building of the Great Wall of China an officially estimated 4.5 billion bricks

were used. FALSE

9. Fleas can jump up to 200 times their height -the equivalent to a man jumping to

the top of the Empire State Building. TRUE

10. The cigarette lighter was invented before the safety match. TRUE

Round 7

Local Knowledge

Local Knowledge

1. How many steps from Geometry on the 2nd

floor to the Buzz on the 5th?

A)93B)73C)53D)33

Local Knowledge

2. What number Sir Lowry Road is the Ogilvy building?

Local Knowledge

3. On the Ogilvy internal phone directory we

are listed by our first names – which letter has the most entries?

Local Knowledge

4. What street was the Ogilvy & Mather

Rightford Searle Tripp & Makin office before moving to Woodstock?

Local Knowledge

5. If I get on a train at Woodstock station

heading out of town – what is the next station?

Local Knowledge

6. The V&A Waterfront – what does the A stand for?

Local Knowledge

7. By what name do you all know OttaHelene Maree?

Local Knowledge

8. Khayelitsha is the Xhosa word for what

Local Knowledge

9. Which of the following is not a name for a

part of Cape Town – Harare, Barcelona, Montevideo & Tokyo.

Local Knowledge

10. The motto of the City of Cape Town

(and of UCT) is Spes Bona which is Latin for what?

ANSWERS

ANSWERS1. How many steps from Geometry on the 2nd floor to the Buzz on the 5th C) 53

2. What number Sir Lowry Road is the Ogilvy building. 41

3. On the Ogilvy internal phone directory we are listed by our first names – which letter

has the most entries? M

4. What street was the Ogilvy & Mather Rightford Searle Tripp & Makin office before

moving to Woodstock – Roeland Street

5. If I get on a train at Woodstock station heading out of town – what is the next

station? Salt River

6. The V&A Waterfront – what does the A stand for? Alfred

7. By what name do you all know Otta Helene Maree? Helen Zille

8. Khayelitsha is the Xhosa word for what? New Home

9. Which of the following is not a name for a part of Cape Town – Harare, Barcelona,

Montevideo & Tokyo. Tokyo

10.The motto of the City of Cape Town (and of UCT) is Spes Bona which is Latin for

what? Good Hope.

Round 8

Picture Round

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8. 9. 10.

ANSWERS

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8. 9. 10.

Michelin

LamborghiniStarbucks Staedtler

Tommy HilfigerSkype

Hurley Walkers / LaysK way British Airways